Purdue Pharma's $5.5B Plea Deal Clinched As Survivors Protest

By Carla Baranauckas

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP has to pay a $3.5 billion fine and forfeit an additional $2 billion, more than five years after it pled guilty to criminal charges related to its role in the opioid crisis, a New Jersey federal judge said Tuesday.

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Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'

By George Woolston

Nadine Menendez dug into her bid for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-politician husband, telling a New York federal court that prosecutors refuse to own up to their handling of the "forced withdrawal" of her counsel.

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NJ County Prosecutor's Office Hit With Pregnancy Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

A detective from a New Jersey county prosecutor's office has sued the office and several officers for pregnancy discrimination, alleging they mocked her, took away her gun and ignored her complaints.

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Peeps Maker Hits Rival With TM Suit Over Bunny Design

By Elliot Weld

The company behind the Peeps brand of animal-shaped marshmallows has sued two companies that it said are making "virtually identical" marshmallows in the shape of Peeps' "bunny design."

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Citigroup Escapes Ex-Employee's Trade Secret Suit, For Now

By Adam Lidgett

A New Jersey federal judge has thrown out a former Citigroup employee's trade secret suit claiming the bank wrongly used an investment banking presentation he made to a former colleague, but gave him a chance to amend the case.

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Ex-Asst. Prosecutor Admits To Practicing After Disbarment

By Jake Maher

A disbarred former assistant prosecutor with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey has pled guilty to collecting about $70,000 in fees for legal work that he was unauthorized to do, the OCPO announced.

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Defunct NJ Biz Fined $8M For Selling Dangerous AC Units

By Rae Ann Varona

A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday sentenced a shuttered home appliance company to pay an $8 million criminal fine after it pled guilty to failing to immediately report that portable air conditioners it imported and sold had caught fire.

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Uber, Drivers Drop Appeal In Yearslong Misclassification Fight

By Benjamin Morse

A group of Uber Black drivers and the ride-hailing company agreed Tuesday to dismiss the drivers' appeal before the Third Circuit in a protracted worker classification dispute that has spanned a decade, according to a federal court filing.

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NJ Man Asks 3rd Circ. To Revisit $40M Tax Conviction

By Kat Lucero

A New Jersey man convicted of making $40 million from filing false tax returns in a countrywide securities scheme asked the Third Circuit to reconsider affirming his conviction, citing what he described as a conflict of interest and a misreading of arguments in the ruling against him.

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Small And Midsize Business Finance Faces More State Regs

Recent developments in state credit disclosure, consumer debt collection, and lender licensing and registration requirements suggest that companies extending financing to small and midsize businesses are likely to encounter a significantly more stringent legal climate moving forward, say attorneys at Manatt.

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Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts Wednesday and further limited the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in legislative redistricting — a decision the dissent claims completes the conservative majority's "demolition" of the seminal civil rights law.

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Former AG Bondi To Appear Before House Committee May 29

By Courtney Bublé

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House oversight committee on May 29, committee Republicans said Wednesday.

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Fenwick Adds 5-Atty IP Team From Winston & Strawn

By Andrea Keckley

Fenwick & West LLP announced Wednesday it has welcomed a team of five attorneys from Winston & Strawn LLP, saying their additions "[deepen] Fenwick's patent litigation work across telecommunications, hardware, software, and semiconductors."

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GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach

By Adrian Cruz

After being hit with a proposed class action accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, the Florida-based firm is now facing two further suits regarding the same incident.

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Nadine Menendez Denied Bail During Bribery Conviction Appeal

By George Woolston

A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid from Nadine Menendez for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-senator husband, ruling that her motion doesn't raise a substantial question of law.

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Analysis

Comey Indictment Built On Bad Legal Foundation, Experts Say

By Phillip Bantz

The criminal indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey over an alleged threat against President Donald Trump by way of a social media post of seashells appears to be based on either an outdated or flawed understanding of the legal standard required to prove the charges in the case, which could sink the prosecution, according to experts.

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Fla. Judge Pick Denies Conflict In Trump Defamation Case

By Courtney Bublé

A judicial nominee for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday denied there was any overlap between when he presided over a case involving President Donald Trump and when the White House let him know Trump was considering him for the federal judgeship.

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